Analytical method for the determination of antimony trioxide

Translation of DGUV Information 213-529 (former BGI 505-29 or ZH1/120.29)

CAS Number: 1309-64-4

Synonym: Antimony(III)-oxide

Method 02 – AAS – withdrawn

Sampling with a pump and collection on a particle filter. Atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) with the hydride technique.

This method permits the determination of the concentrations of particulate antimony and ist compounds in dust from working areas averaged over the sampling time after personal or stationary sampling..

Principle

With a pump carried by a person during working hours or used in a stationary position, a measured air volume is drawn through a particle filter. The antimony and its compounds collected by the filter is determined after wet-ashing by the hydride AAS technique.

Limit of quantification (LOQ)

Relative: 2 µg/m³ for an air sample volume of 420 mL.

Issue

August 1987

Withdrawn

October 2006

The complete measuring method is available in the Wiley Online Library: Method for the determination of antimony trioxide (Analyses of Hazardous Substances in Air, Volume 7, 2003).

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